Phisher Puts Antiphishing Tool in the Crosshairs

June 3, 2010 – 8:58 am

By Andrew Brandt A small-time Trojan has decided to butt heads with a big-time anti-phishing tool, and ended up with dirt on its face. The malware looks like a fairly generic clone of Trojan-Phisher-SABanks, with an extra feature that sounds like it might be a good selling point for cheap cybercrooks intent on stealing a [...]

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8 Tips for Filing Taxes Online Safely

April 6, 2010 – 9:22 am

By Mike Kronenberg Getting ready to file your taxes online — and doing it at the last minute? Well, cyber-scammers are ready for you. Thieves are schemers, and they’ve got a bag full of tricks to steal your identity. You might even be doing things to make their job easier. And if you use a [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Keyloggers, Passwords, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Twitter Phish Floods Network with Short URLs

February 24, 2010 – 4:15 pm

By Andrew Brandt All day, I’ve been getting reports from my Twitter-using friends and acquaintances that they’ve been receiving tweets of short URLs. I took a look and it looks like another phishing campaign aimed at users of the social network is underway. The short URLs, prefaced with the message “This you???” lead to a [...]

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Tax-Themed Phishing Scams Cross More National Borders

February 10, 2010 – 4:06 pm

By Andrew Brandt Sometimes, the early bird gets the worm — and not in a good way. People who file their tax returns early are being targeted by a phishing scam that comes with the promise of a big income tax refund. Unlike previous tax-themed scams, which have been based on the stick — fake [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in phishing, social engineering, spam | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Friends, Followers, Fans: Be On Guard in 2010

December 30, 2009 – 10:39 am

By Mike Kronenberg Do you use a social networking site? Be prepared, because I predict in 2010 it’ll be a major target for cyber criminals. Among the threat experts here at Webroot, we’ve discussed the ROI opportunity that social networks present an enterprising hacker who strings together the personal information people choose to share on [...]

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Internet Security Trends – A Look Back at 2009, A Look Ahead to 2010

November 20, 2009 – 2:29 pm

By Gerhard Eschelbeck It’s been a busy year in Internet security — cybercriminals were crafty and creative while we security vendors worked hard to stay a step ahead. Let’s take a look back at the biggest security trends of 2009, and at predictions for what’s ahead in 2010. 2009 – The Year in Review Conficker. Targeted [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Enterprises, Internet security industry, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , | Comments (5)

Faux “Verified By Visa” Phishing Scam Targets Holiday Shoppers

November 18, 2009 – 10:49 am

By Andrew Brandt When you sign up for a credit card — even with one of those pre-approved applications — you still have to provide the bank with your name, address, mother’s maiden name, social security number, and a host of other personally identifiable information. Once the bank issues the card, it shouldn’t ever need [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in social engineering, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , | Comments (3)

Phishing Scheme Targets E-Payment Rule-Maker, NACHA

November 12, 2009 – 10:18 am

By Andrew Brandt Coming on the heels of similar fraud schemes that targeted victims using the names of such familiar institutions as the FDIC, IRS, and HMRC, scammers are trying to get people to infect their own computer using a different organization’s name—one that is probably unfamiliar to most people. NACHA is a not-for-profit association [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments (11)

Facebook Phishing Campaign Wants Your Passwords

November 2, 2009 – 1:22 pm

By Andrew Brandt Yet another new phishing campaign targeting users of Facebook struck over the Halloween holiday weekend. After scammers began filling inboxes last week with bogus “Facebook update” attachments, this weekend we saw a different group at work. Employing URLs with random domain names registered under the .eu top-level domain, the campaign looks similar to [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in social engineering, social networks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , | Comments (11)

Lazy Phishers Just Email the Phishing Web Page to You, Now

October 26, 2009 – 7:44 pm

By Andrew Brandt It was a particularly busy weekend for spammers, especially the creepy, evil ones who are trying to steal information (as opposed to the merely scungy pill vendors and their ilk). Webroot’s Threat Research team has recently seen a glut of phishing messages which, like most, purport to come from banks and ask you to update [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (9)
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